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The Kiss Was Forced On Her
Check out “The Kissing Sailor, or “The Selective Blindness of Rape Culture” at Crates and Ribbons. It explains that in the famous photo below, the sailor was a stranger to the nurse, and he forced himself on her. That’s not a … Continue reading
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One of the original “Chiquita Banana” commercials
So much going on here! Courtesy of an awesome college student.
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“IKEA Regrets Women Erased From Saudi Catalog”
Compare the annual IKEA catalogs disbursed around the world and they are nearly identical, save for a slight difference. The difference is not in the Swedish translations of the furniture or the mock layouts of the numerous living rooms in … Continue reading
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“In fact, many European researchers say the test of a mature bike-sharing program is when women outnumber men. In the Netherlands, 52 percent of riders are women. Instead of promoting helmet use, European cycling advocates say, cities should be setting up safer bike lanes to slow traffic or divert it entirely from downtown areas. “Riding in New York or Australia is like running with the bulls — it’s all young males,” says Julian Ferguson, a spokesman for the European Cyclists’ Federation. And that’s in part what makes it dangerous.”
That is an excerpt from this article, which criticizes mandatory bike helmet laws.
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Staten Island Borough President Calls Lady Gaga a ‘Slut,’ Manhattan Borough President Defends Her, Pace Law Professor Wishes Politicians Would Simply Leave Artist Alone
Brief news account of slut calling by James Molinaro here. Response by Scott Stringer here. The Pace Law Professor who wishes both of them would focus on making NYC a better place for all citizens and let Lady Gaga get … Continue reading
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Iranian Women Now Barred From Numerous College Majors Including Engineering, Nuclear Physics, Computer Science, English Literature, Archaeology and Business.
From the BBC News: More than 30 universities have introduced new rules banning female students from almost 80 different degree courses. These include a bewildering variety of subjects from engineering, nuclear physics and computer science, to English literature, archaeology and … Continue reading
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Ever wonder how the USDOJ defines stalking?
According to this site: Stalking is a pattern of repeated and unwanted attention, harassment, contact, or any other course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to feel fear. Stalking can include: Repeated, unwanted, … Continue reading
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“Creepshots and revenge porn: how paparazzi culture affects women”
That’s the title of this article. Below is an excerpt: … Charlotte Laws first encountered these sites in January this year, after her daughter Kayla, who is in her mid-20s, had her computer hacked. In Kayla’s email account was one … Continue reading
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‘Why Are There No Women Writers in Vogue’s Edith Wharton Spread?”
That is the title of this Slate article, which notes: … Several hundred writers and fans had descended upon The Mount, Edith Wharton’s country house in Lenox, Mass., to celebrate the author’s 150th birthday with three days of panels and … Continue reading
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”A large proportion of the other advanced democracies in the world combine a commitment to free speech with rules prohibiting hate speech. Isn’t it worth considering how they do this? And why? No one is burning the constitution here. We’re just trying to think about it.”
From this NYT piece by Jeremy Waldron. Here is an excerpt: Democracies like Britain, France, Germany, Denmark, Canada and New Zealand all prohibit hate speech of various kinds. They do so for what they think are good reasons. It is … Continue reading
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Another Day, Another Fear Mongering Article About Women Taking Over In Slate
This time it’s “Breadwinner Wives.” According to author Hanna Rosin “About 40 percent of wives in the United States now out-earn their husbands, and researcher Liza Mundy predicts they will be the majority in a generation.” I’m interested in where … Continue reading
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Sexism in Tech Ads
Here’s one for the Droid that implies iPhones are disgustingly girly (“It’s not a princess, it’s a robot”): Go here to view ten more sexist tech ads.
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The Name of the Magazine is Actually “Where”
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What Happens When Members of Historically Disadvantaged Groups Talk About Equality
Derailment Bingo is the the creative brainchild of piranha @ Dreamwidth, here. -Bridget Crawford
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Law Prof Riff on Chescaleigh’s “No Homo” Substitutes
The very funny Franchesca Ramsey (nom de video blog= Chescaleigh) pokes fun at the phrase “no homo,” a verbal addendum following a compliment, designed to distance the speaker from any implication that the speaker is gay or lesbian. You can … Continue reading
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Dr. K. Ryan Ziegler on Being a Black Male Feminist
Over at blac(k)ademic v.2, Dr. K. Ryan Ziegler writes (here) about how his past “as a black woman informs [his] black male feminist perspective today. Here is an excerpt: For some transmen, their female past conjures up memories of pain … Continue reading
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If Anne-Marie Slaughter is a Dropout, We’re Chopped Liver
Over here at The American Prospect, E.J. Graff (Brandeis, Women’s Studies) has a great analysis of Anne-Marie Slaughter’s article Why Women Still Can’t Have It All from the July/August issue of The Atlantic. Graff responds to the italicized portions of … Continue reading
What is in a Name?
Via Tech Crunch (here), this chart: -Bridget Crawford
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“Like Saul on the Road to Damascus”: One Man’s ‘Conversion’ to Feminism
The whole “conversion” narrative is a bit awkward, but I read with interest this opinion piece from the Ottowa Citizen by David Moscrop, a PhD at the University of British Columbia. Here is an excerpt: I became a feminist gradually … Continue reading
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Women in the Media as in Society?
Despite the backlash following his “slut” and “prostitute” references about Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke, Rush Limbaugh continues to denigrate women. More recently, he targeted Tracie McMillan, journalist and author of the book, The American Way of Eating, and stated, … Continue reading
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The Eye of the Beholder?
From CNN: a discussion of the impact of documentaries such as Miss Representation and America the Beautiful on today’s youth. If you still wonder whether the image of women and gender in pop culture is still relevant, take a look … Continue reading
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The World’s Worst Sperm Donor
Over at The AWL, a fabulously NYC-centric blog, I found writer Jack Stuef’s clever-funny-sad-ironic essay, I Am the World’s Worst Sperm Donor. Here is an excerpt: In the end… Grant and Lee signed the treaty. It was over. I realized I … Continue reading
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Barbara Walters Says Santorum is Correct About “Radical Feminism”
Newsbusters.org reprints (here) a portion of the transcript from Monday’s airing of the morning talk-show The View. In one segment, Barbara Walters says she agrees with Rick Santorum that radical feminism is to blame for some women’s woes: BARBARA WALTERS: … Continue reading
Who’s Afraid of Cupcake Feminism?
image source www.cupcakedelights.com Over at the on-line music publication The Quietus, UK-based writer Meryl Trussler reacts to what she perceives as a “counter-campaign” to make feminism palatable to the mainstream media (at worst) or “cool again” (at best): This move is not deliberate … Continue reading
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When Pink Became a “Girl” Color
Jo B. Paoletti (American Studies, Maryland) tells the history in Pink and Blue: Telling the Boys from the Girls in America, published last month by Indiana University Press. The book’s webpage has a slide show of greeting cards from 1960, … Continue reading
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Feminist Research Resource at Barnard
The Barnard College Library has a large collection of feminist ‘zines. The Barnard Zine Library has its own webpage (here), with finding guides (see here), bibliographies (see here) and teaching resources (here). The teaching guides could be adapted easily for … Continue reading
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Coming to Social Consciousness Through Hip-Hop
Over at Rhymes and Reasons: The Stories of Hip-Hop, Chicago-based community organizer Jasson Perez talks about one song’s influence on his intellectual and emotional development: I picked Tupac, “Keep Ya Head Up,” mainly because, well, it’s a great song, and its … Continue reading
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Franchesca Ramsey on “What Happens When You’re a Black Girl on the Internet”
Franchesca Ramsey is the creator and featured performer in the short video “Sh*t White Girls Say…to Black Girls” (itself a spoof on the viral”Sh*it Girls Say…” video). Ms. Ramsey has her own blog (here) and a You Tube channel (here). In … Continue reading
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Judge Orders Woman To Pay Alimony, Legal Fees, To Ex-Spouse Convicting Of Attacking Her
A San Diego judge has told an ex-wife to pay her ex-husband’s legal fees and be ready to pay him alimony should he make the request once he leaves prison. Judge Geoffrey Pollack noted that he had discretion in the … Continue reading
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New Documentary: “The Purity Myth: The Virginity Movement’s War Against Women”
The Media Education Foundation has released a new documentary film, “The Purity Myth: The Virginity Movement’s War Against Women.” Here is a clip: The movie is based on Jessica Valenti’s book The Purity Myth. She shares writing credit on the … Continue reading
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Human High Heels
This image creeps me out. Luckily, it’s an artistic creation a la Photoshop (not an actual foot!) by Richard Darell at Bit Rebels. Lots of interesting art/social commentary at that site; definitely worth a look. -Bridget Crawford image source: Richard … Continue reading
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“Enviro-Toons” in Cultural and Historical Contexts: “That’s All Folks?” by Robin Murray and Joseph Heumann
From the FLP mailbox comes a notice of a new book by Robin L. Murray (English, Eastern Illinois University) and Joseph K. Heumann (Emeritus, Eastern Illinois University). Here‘s the publisher’s description of That’s All Folks? (Univ. Nebraska Press 2011): Although … Continue reading
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Documentary “Miss Representation” Tonight on OWN
One of the hits of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival takes to the small screen tonight. The Oprah Winfrey Network will show the documentary film Miss Representation at 9:00 p.m. (eastern). Here is a description of the film: Like drawing … Continue reading
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The Feminist “Generation Wars” Continue
First we had the “wave” wars. Now it’s feminists who were there (read: politically aware) at the time of the Clarence Thomas hearings versus everyone else. That’s how I read Vivia Chen’s reflections over at the Careerist (here) about last weekend’s … Continue reading
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Is it Feminism “Fault” that Women are Single?
The November, 2011 edition of The Atlantic features a young, single writer and the headline “What Me, Marry?” with the subtitle, “In today’s economy, men are falling apart. What that means for sex and marriage.” That sounds like an interesting … Continue reading
“From Cleopatra Jones to First Lady Michelle Obama: Exploring Feminism in Film & Media”
The 14th Annual Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival will take place this coming weekend in Brooklyn, New York. Here’s an overview: Reel Sisters Film Festival will screen more than 25 films directed, produced or written by women of … Continue reading
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“SlutWalkNYC: A Video Diary”
Therese Shechter of Trixie Films has posted her video footage from SlutWalkNYC. Here it is: Slutwalk NYC 2011 from Trixie Films on Vimeo. Ms. Shechter has more commentary and links here. -Bridget Crawford
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Gender-Differentiated Halloween Costumes for Toddlers
An internet vendor of baby and children’s goods (diapers.com) recently sent out a promotional email advertising “up to 50% off halloween.” Look at the circled part of the ad above. The site classifies toddler costumes “for girls” separately from those … Continue reading
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How Bad is “The Playboy Club”?
Pretty bad, according to Gail Dines (Wheelock College). Here’s her take: There were so many surreal scenes in the pilot of NBC’s The Playboy Club that it is difficult to pick out the most eye-popping . . . . I … Continue reading
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Their Eyes Were Watching God as a “Legal” Novel
The discussion on Dee Perry’s Around Noon [on September 19, 2011] was Zora Neal Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God. You can hear all of the show at the link above. The book is a timeless classic that, in broad brush summary, is … Continue reading
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Hope Solo and Billie Jean King Both Dancing With Stars
Hope Solo will appear on Dancing with the Stars and Billie Jean King will appear in a series of ads by the Arthritis Foundation endorsing exercise as a treatment for arthritis. Earlier this week, reps from Solo’s pro team, the … Continue reading
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Dangerous Random Stereotypes of Presumed Difference and Sameness
Can people really not see that it might be racist to assert “free choice” to avoid sitting next to a black person on a public bus who, besides skin color, is much like the other riders, but it might not … Continue reading
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What’s Missing from “Sensitive-Soul” Hip Hop? Misogyny and …?
Here’s Mychal Denzel Smith’s take on the Canadian performer Drake: I can appreciate his attempts to disrupt the narrative of hyper-masculine posturing in hip-hop that often expresses itself in violent, sexist, and homophobic ways. But I make this concession on … Continue reading
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“Brilliant” vs. “Beautiful” Babies: Guess Which Card is for the Girl?
Via Adriana Gardella (here) who conveys an apt critique in less than 140 characters: “Insidious greeting cards re: boys/girls.” -Bridget Crawford
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Stanford/Ms. Magazine Essay Contest on Iconic Covers
From the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University: Over the past forty years, Ms. Magazine has offered feminist reporting and perspectives on topics ranging from Marilyn Monroe to childbirth, from breast cancer to domestic violence. When the first … Continue reading
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Feminist Law Prof Carrie Bettinger-Lopez and Miami Human Rights Clinic Win Big Women’s Rights Case Before Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
From Froomkinland: U. Miami lawyers from our new Human Rights Clinic won a major moral victory for their client Jessica Lenahan (formerly formerly Jessica Gonzales) in a decision announcedtoday July 21, 2011 by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Jessica Lenahan (Gonzales) v. United … Continue reading
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Rachel Lloyd on Policing Fashion and Derogating Subjugated Women
Her essay is available here. An excerpt: Fashion Police has a recurring segment called “Starlet or Streetwalker,” which is exactly what it sounds like. The panel, made up of George Kotsiopoulos, Kelly Osbourne and Giuliana Rancic, are shown pictures of … Continue reading
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Hollywood, Historical Accuracy and the Civil Rights Era
Writer Martha Southgate reviews the novel-now-movie The Help for EW.com. Here is an excerpt: Implicit in The Help and a number of other popular works that deal with the civil rights era is the notion that a white character is … Continue reading
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Masturbation and Female Empowerment in Photos (and the Law?)
In The New Republic Ruth Franklin asks, Is Female Masturbation Really the Last Sexual Taboo? That’s the title of her review of a book of photographs by Will Santillo called La Petite Morte: Female Masturbation, Fantasies and Orgasm (Taschen 2011). Open any … Continue reading
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Spindelman on “Sexual Freedom’s Shadows”
Marc Spindelman (Ohio State) has published his essay Sexual Freedom’s Shadows, 23 Yale J.L. & Feminism 179 (2011). It is both review of a book by Tim Dean called Unlimited Intimacy: Reflections on the Subculture of Barebacking (UChicago Press, 2009), … Continue reading
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